Movies
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Phantom Thread
In light of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER being one of the defining titles of 2025 (it is currently nominated for a whopping 9 Golden Globes!), we thought the time was right to turn our collective lens back on another one of our favourite films of his, the
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria (2018)
It’s finally happening! We’re toasting Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver with a double feature our audience has been asking for for months! Join us on Thursday, June 13 for back-to-back screenings of director Dario Argento‘s giallo-infused, “candy-coloured,” phantasmagoric nightmare of a horror classic SUSPIRIA (“the most terrifying movie ever made!”), followed
Secret Screening: A #SavetheRio Fundraiser
“You’re My Only Hope.” Vancouver’s favourite nerdlesque troupe, the galactic Geekenders, will be on hand as the official nerf-herders at the Rio cantina for a #SavetheRio secret screening fundraiser party unlike anything #EastVan’s Rebel Alliance has ever played host to before… Prepare yourself for an unadulterated, totally original screening
The Breadwinner
From Executive Producer Angelina Jolie and the team behind such animated treasures as THE SECRET OF KELLS and SONG OF THE SEA comes one of this year’s Oscar picks (nominee, Best Animated Feature) THE BREADWINNER, based on Deborah Ellis’ best-selling novel about a headstrong young Afghani girl. Parvana is an
A Fantastic Woman
Director Sebastián Lelio accomplished two historic accomplishments this past Oscar night: He brought home Chile’s first taste of gold with the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and provided the astounding Daniela Vega (in a performance of a lifetime) to become the first transgender artist to star as the
OATS Studios Short Film Screening & #SavetheRio Fundraiser Hosted by Neill Blomkamp
Join us for a very special #SavetheRio fundraiser event featuring a night of short films from the renowned OATS Studios – hosted by acclaimed writer, director, and visual effects guru Neill Blomkamp (ELYSIUM, DISTRICT 9, CHAPPIE), who will be joined for a Q&A by VFX supervisor Chris Harvey
Call Me by Your Name
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. Nominated for four Oscars – including Best Picture and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, scribe James Ivory took home the little man for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Gentlemen Hecklers with JFL Film Fest present: Twilight
Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival presents: The Gentlemen Hecklers at The Rio Theatre Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Doors 9pm/ Show 9:30pm. Tickets $12/ $14 at the door Tickets are on-sale now by clicking HERE! +19 only for admission. No Passes or Groupons accepted for this
In the Fade
Set in the German-Turkish community in Hamburg, grief-stricken Katja (Diane Kruger, took home the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in what many are calling, “the performance of a lifetime”) takes revenge for her family after her life falls apart when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old
Cagefest 2020: Raising Arizona
“Edwina’s insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.” Cagefest – our (unofficial) Nicolas Cage Film Fest (aka, NIFF), a solid 5 days’ worth of our fave performances from one of our all-time favourite contemporary actors – continues on Friday, October 9, with